Life off the grid in the SW Texas desert. An experiment in sustainable living. NUMBERS AT THE END OF EACH BLOG POST: temp at 8PM,high temp,low temp,rainfall,wind conditions(CalmBreezyWindyGusty).

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

plants

Had to deal with a tire issue this morning. I got a flat the day we winched Bob out of the creek. When going to the spare I sheared off one stud and stripped another. Got that all fixed now. Did a late day weather check and decided to do a quick in an out to Alpine for Ben supplies. There and back in just under 3 hours. Raced a storm home that ended up just missing TFL. Mr. Floppy brought in a new girlfriend today.

As for the plants....the spider mites love cherry tomato, cardinal, and squash. They seem to be ignoring my 6' beefsteak tomato plant that is in dire need of pruning. It should start setting fruit when it cools a bit in two months (if I can keep it alive that long). Lemon cucumber plant is huge but no fruit....same with my melon plant. Got one healthy avocado growing well. 79,103,73,0,B,0

Sure the heat wont allow a lot of fruits to set. Same issue here in Florida if you don't get them in the ground soon enough and you run into summer heat, issues arise. You may have to get a swamp cooler or 2 into your green house. I thought you had misters and stuff set up in there ?what are the temps getting to in your grow room?Also hows the solar oven going. Haven't heard any test results.lurking readers want to know

poor sweet Floppy is looking pretty rough. Could it be the fault of that long-legged huzzy in the background? Little fellow is looking pretty gray. Hope all is well with him. Miss seeing his sweet face around TFL.